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27 produkter
The Comprehensibility of the Universe
A New Conception of Science
Inbunden, 1998
1170 kr
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The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. At present scientific enquiry is shaped by the orthodox view that in accepting or rejecting theories scientists are impartial with respect to evidence and make no permanent assumptions about the world …
The Comprehensibility of the Universe
A New Conception of Science
Häftad, 2003
748 kr
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The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. According to the orthodox conception, scientific theories are accepted and rejected impartially with respect to evidence, no permanent assumption being made about the world independently of the evidence. …
Our Fundamental Problem
A Revolutionary Approach to Philosophy
Häftad, 2020
442 kr
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How can the world we live in and see, touch, hear, and smell, the world of living things, people, consciousness, free will, meaning, and value - how can all of this exist and flourish embedded as it is in the physical universe, made up of nothing but physical entities such as electrons and quarks? …
Our Fundamental Problem
A Revolutionary Approach to Philosophy
E-bok, 2020
377 kr
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How can the world we live in and see, touch, hear, and smell, the world of living things, people, consciousness, free will, meaning, and value - how can all of this exist and flourish embedded as it is in the physical universe, made up of nothing but physical entities such as electrons and quarks? …
Our Fundamental Problem
A Revolutionary Approach to Philosophy
E-bok, 2020
385 kr
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How can the world we live in and see, touch, hear, and smell, the world of living things, people, consciousness, free will, meaning, and value - how can all of this exist and flourish embedded as it is in the physical universe, made up of nothing but physical entities such as electrons and quarks? …
Wisdom in the University
Av Ronald Barnett, Nicholas Maxwell
Inbunden, 2008
1481 kr
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This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It addresses issues such as: What is wisdom? Ought universities to seek, promote and teach wisdom and what would this involve? …
Wisdom in the University
Av Ronald Barnett, Nicholas Maxwell
Häftad, 2009
545 kr
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This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It addresses issues such as: What is wisdom? Ought universities to seek, promote and teach wisdom and what would this involve? …
Human World in the Physical Universe
Consciousness, Free Will, and Evolution
Inbunden, 2001
1563 kr
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How is it possible for the world as we experience it to exist embedded in the physical universe? How can there be sensory qualities, consciousness, freedom, science and art, friendship, love, justice—all that which gives meaning and value to life—if the world really is more or less as modern …
In Praise of Natural Philosophy
A Revolution for Thought and Life
Häftad, 2017
442 kr
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In Praise of Natural Philosophy argues for a transformation of both science and philosophy, so that these two distinct domains of thought become one: natural philosophy. This in turn has far-reaching consequences for the whole academic enterprise. It transpires that universities need to be …
In Praise of Natural Philosophy
A Revolution for Thought and Life
E-bok, 2017
343 kr
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In Praise of Natural Philosophy argues for a transformation of both science and philosophy, so that these two distinct domains of thought become one: natural philosophy. This in turn has far-reaching consequences for the whole academic enterprise. It transpires that universities need to be …
In Praise of Natural Philosophy
A Revolution for Thought and Life
E-bok, 2017
335 kr
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In Praise of Natural Philosophy argues for a transformation of both science and philosophy, so that these two distinct domains of thought become one: natural philosophy. This in turn has far-reaching consequences for the whole academic enterprise. It transpires that universities need to be …
From Knowledge to Wisdom
A Revolution for Science and the Humanities
Häftad, 2007
422 kr
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What's Wrong With Science? Towards a People's Rational Science of Delight and Compassion
Häftad, 2009
422 kr
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Cutting God in Half - And Putting the Pieces Together Again A New Approach to Philosophy
Häftad, 2010
422 kr
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How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World
The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution
Häftad, 2014
141 kr
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In this lucid and provocative book, Nicholas Maxwell argues convincingly that we need urgently to bring about a revolution in universities round the world so that their basic aim becomes wisdom, and not just knowledge.
Global Philosophy
What Philosophy Ought to Be
Häftad, 2014
447 kr
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This book is about education, learning, rational inquiry, philosophy, science studies, problem solving, academic inquiry, global problems, wisdom and, above all, the urgent need for an academic revolution. Despite this range and diversity of topics, there is a common underlying theme. Education …
IS SCIENCE NEUROTIC?
Inbunden, 2004
1429 kr
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Is Science Neurotic? sets out to show that science suffers from a damaging but rarely noticed methodological disease — “rationalistic neurosis.” Assumptions concerning metaphysics, human value and politics, implicit in the aims of science, are repressed, and the malaise has spread to affect the …
Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism
A Revolution for Science and Philosophy
Inbunden, 2019
987 kr
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This book gives an account of work that I have done over a period of decades that sets out to solve two fundamental problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem and the problem of induction. Remarkably, these revolutionary contributions to philosophy turn out to have dramatic implications for a …
Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism
A Revolution for Science and Philosophy
E-bok, 2019
1296 kr
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This book gives an account of work that I have done over a period of decades that sets out to solve two fundamental problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem and the problem of induction. Remarkably, these revolutionary contributions to philosophy turn out to have dramatic implications for a …
Science and Enlightenment
Two Great Problems of Learning
Häftad, 2019
552 kr
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This book argues that two great problems of learning confront humanity: learning about the nature of the universe and about ourselves and other living things as a part of it; and learning how to become civilized. The author proposes that with the creation of modern science in the 17th century, the …
Science and Enlightenment
Two Great Problems of Learning
E-bok, 2019
718 kr
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This book argues that two great problems of learning confront humanity: learning about the nature of the universe and about ourselves and other living things as a part of it; and learning how to become civilized. The author proposes that with the creation of modern science in the 17th century, the …
Philosophy of Inquiry and Global Problems
The Intellectual Revolution Needed to Create a Better World
Inbunden, 2024
1314 kr
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Universities have long been dominated by a philosophy of inquiry that may be called knowledge-inquiry. This holds that, in order to do justice to the basic humanitarian aim of helping to promote human welfare, academic inquiry must, in the first instance, seek knowledge and technological know-how. …
Philosophy of Inquiry and Global Problems
The Intellectual Revolution Needed to Create a Better World
Häftad, 2025
1314 kr
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Universities have long been dominated by a philosophy of inquiry that may be called knowledge-inquiry. This holds that, in order to do justice to the basic humanitarian aim of helping to promote human welfare, academic inquiry must, in the first instance, seek knowledge and technological know-how. …
WORLD CRISIS, THE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: A REVOLUTION FOR THOUGHT AND ACTION
Inbunden, 2021
849 kr
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Science and technology have made the modern world possible, but also created all the global problems that threaten our future: the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, mass extinction of species, environmental degradation, overpopulation, lethal modern war, and the menace of nuclear weapons. …
WORLD CRISIS, THE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: A REVOLUTION FOR THOUGHT AND ACTION
Häftad, 2021
422 kr
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Science and technology have made the modern world possible, but also created all the global problems that threaten our future: the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, mass extinction of species, environmental degradation, overpopulation, lethal modern war, and the menace of nuclear weapons. …
